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The Double Reckoning of Christopher Columbus: 3 August - 12 October 1492
by Hyett, Barbara Helfgott
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0252018664
- ISBN 13
- 9780252018664
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author. Grey cloth, foil titles on spine, blind-stamped decoration on front board, xxv 107, [2] pp, map. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Inscribed by author to legendary Minneapolis bookman J. Harold Kittleson on title page, date 30 Sept. 1992. An invitation to the event with Kittleson's handwritten comment is laid in along with a newspaper clipping from the same date. From the DJ: "Intrigued by the mystery that still surrounds Columbus, Hyett has written 47 poems that enlarge on the entries in his Diario, the journal he presented to Ferdinand and Isabela of Spain on his return from what he called the 'First Voyage of Discovery.' Prefacing each poem with an excerpt from this journal, Hyett provides her own 'double reckoning.'" The title is derived from a journal entry in which Columbus states: "Today I made 60 leagues at 10 Roman miles an hour. But I decided to reckon less, so that if the voyage should be long, the men will not become afraid. I recorded 48 leagues for them. For myself, I'll keep a secret, accurate reckoning." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 16 cm.
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- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LIPO00001
- Title
- The Double Reckoning of Christopher Columbus: 3 August - 12 October 1492
- Author
- Hyett, Barbara Helfgott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0252018664
- ISBN 13
- 9780252018664
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana & Chicago
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Literature Poetry Voyages Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- X weight
- 32 oz
- Size
- 21½ X 16 cm
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